Friday, March 6, 2009

Survey of Women in Genesis

Alice C. Linsley

Women are often the hidden persons in Biblical narratives. However, with knowledge of the marriage and ascendancy pattern of the Horite ruler-priests, we are able to see some of the women and better understand the importance of their lives. As the daughters and wives of ruler-priests, warriors, metal workers, tomb builders, and scribes, most of the women in Genesis and Exodus had a high status in their communities. Here is a survey of women in Genesis and a few in Exodus. A survey of all of the women in the Bible would uncover these same four categories.

The wives of Cain and Seth; they were the daughters of a great chief named Enoch/Enock/Enosh
The wives of all the men listed in Gen. 4 and 5
The sisters of Jubal and Jabal (Gen. 4)
Noah's wife
The wives of Shem, Ham and Japheth
The wives of the descendents of Noah listed in Genesis 10
The mother of Abraham and Nahor (conspicuously missing)
The mother of Haran and Sarah
Hagar's mother
Lot's wife and Lot's daughters
Keturah's mother
The wives of the 5 sons of Abraham by Keturah
Rebekah's mother
Rebekah's nurse
Tamar's mother
Asenath's mother
The mother of Moses in Exodus 2